After all, the Southern Song Dynasty was a big country. Even if only half of the country was left, it would still be a big country. How could a big country with an army of 400,000 people be beaten to its doorstep by a bandit army from thousands of miles away?
They would never think so.
Even if something like this happens, the one who can do it must be the Ming Dynasty, which is also a big and powerful country, not an army of thieves and bandits.
Therefore, no matter which official in which place Xu Tong led his troops, whether they went to report the message themselves, or sent someone to report the message, expediting was used. At that time, the nearest Jinhua County could only Kan sent the news to Lin'an when Xu Tong arrived in Fuyang.
At this time, the Fuyang County Magistrate had not yet rushed to Lin'an City. Lin'an City already knew that a rebel army had fought all the way from Jiangnan West Road to Jinhua, penetrated several states and counties, and almost reached the heart of the Southern Song Dynasty. It was terrible. That kind of thing.
The entire Southern Song Dynasty court suddenly exploded.
It had been less than two months since the army went on the campaign.
Finished? Lost?
The Privy Council did not receive any unfavorable reports about the war and had no idea that they had lost the battle. The last news they learned was that Qi Fang had captured Nancheng County and was advancing towards Nanfeng County. There were rebel troops stationed in Nanfeng County and it was expected that in seven days Conquer Nanfeng County internally.
This is a sign of smooth progress.
How could it be defeated?
Were they attacked by the rebels along their march route?
Is Qi Fang still alive?
Are the troops still there?
Of course, this doesn't seem to matter anymore.
Because the rebels have come over, even if Qi Fang is still alive, the logistics and food routes are cut off. Without logistics, how can we still fight this battle?
Even those who least understand the art of war know that this battle is over.
This battle can no longer be fought. The Southern Song Dynasty lost, it was a mess, it was a ridiculous loss.
After a brief and eerie silence, the Southern Song Dynasty court experienced a general outbreak. A large number of officials rushed directly to the Privy Council to seek an explanation from Shi Hao. More than a dozen officials in the Privy Council were beaten up by the excited officials and lay on the ground unable to get up.
There were also some people who stood at the door of the palace and knocked on the door to pay homage to the emperor, requesting an audience with the emperor, and impeaching the Privy Council headed by Shi Hao for harming the country.
Shi Hao was stuck in the Privy Council and could not go anywhere. He was stunned, his mind was blank, and he didn't know what to do.
He never imagined that his carefully designed tactics would fail so quickly and have disastrous consequences, causing Lin'an City to fall into crisis.
Things were not easy for Zhao Xun, but no official dared to break into the palace, but the emperor could, and the Supreme Emperor Zhao Gou could.
Zhao Gou soon learned that the Jiangnan West Road rebels had counterattacked all the way to Jinhua County. He was shocked and scared to death.
That was Qi Fang's marching route. The rebels fought back all the way, which meant that Qi Fang was in danger, and it also meant that his 20,000 forbidden troops had most likely been sent.
That is the bottom line of his psychological safety!
Zhao Gou was greatly stimulated and felt great panic and anger.
Mr. Wu Bao stopped watching and didn't eat the delicious food. He immediately left the Longevity Palace to find trouble for Zhao Xin.
Seeing the pale-faced Zhao Xun, Zhao Gou pointed at him and scolded him so hard that he couldn't hold his head up. Zhao Gou even planned to force Zhao Xun to go on a personal expedition to conquer the rebels on Jiangnan West Road. He couldn't win. He doesn't have to come back either.
Zhao Gou chose another person to succeed him as emperor and clean up this mess.
"Useless! Useless to the extreme! Useless to the extreme! I look at Lin'an City and I can't stay any longer. I'm leaving! I'm leaving! I want to find a safer place, and you can't protect me at all! Why am I blind? , chose you to be the emperor!"
Zhao Gou left Zhao Xun's palace in anger and returned to Wanshou Palace to discuss with his cronies which place was more suitable for him to stay and which place was safer.
As for Zhao Yan, who was so depressed that he couldn't even lift his head, he no longer cared.
He chose the wrong person, he did the wrong thing, this person couldn't protect him at all, and couldn't let him spend his old age peacefully, so no matter what, Lin'an City couldn't stay any longer.
You must seize the time and moisten it quickly!
After a while, Zhao Xun was probably annoyed by the scolding, so he rebounded and went into a rage. He smashed everything in the palace into a mess and killed two chamberlains he didn't like to vent his anger.
"Bring Shi Hao to me! Bring me here!!!"
Zhao Xun gave the order angrily, and the frightened chamberlains immediately rushed out to deliver the order. They did not want to stay around Zhao Xun for a second, for fear of becoming the next martyrdom.
Zhao Xun had nowhere to vent his anger, so he could only wield the Emperor's Sword and slash the table in anger, chopping his favorite table into pieces. His angry shouts echoed throughout the palace.
When the confused Shi Hao was snatched from the hands of the officials by the palace guards under great pressure, he was brought to Zhao Hao, where he collapsed on the ground and shivered.
Zhao Yan looked at his most respected and trusted teacher in the past, with no warmth at all in his eyes.
"Shi Hao, I trust you so much. I handed over the Privy Council to you and asked you to be responsible for organizing this war. What's the result? You repay me in this way? Do you know that the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are already angry? To what extent? Do you know how far my situation has reached?"
Shi Hao was trembling slightly, and looked up at Zhao Min, who was inexplicably calm but holding the Emperor's Sword in his hand.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on. I need time to figure out what happened. This is wrong. It's impossible. There must be something wrong somewhere. I need time to figure it out..."
"You want time? I don't want it! The Supreme Emperor is now making noises about moving out of Lin'an, and is forcing me to go on a personal expedition! Do you want to force me to death! Do you want to force me to death before you are willing to do so!!!"
Zhao Xun's anger suddenly broke out. He rushed forward and raised the Emperor's Sword to stab Shi Hao to death.
Shi Hao was so frightened that he leaned back instinctively and looked at Zhao Min with a horrified and twisted look on his face.
"Your Majesty, please spare your life! Your Majesty, please spare your life!!!"
Perhaps it was the last trace of tender memories that caused Zhao Hao to stab Shi Hao to death, but the Emperor's Sword in his hand did not stab him after all.
After all, he still didn't really kill Shi Hao.
He shed tears of sadness, threw away the Emperor's Sword, and roared: "Get out! Get out and settle the matter! Give you another month to get rid of all the rebels, even if it means the entire Jiangnan West Road Kill all the people, and also get rid of the rebels for me! No one will be left! No one will be left!!!"
Zhao Min stamped his feet fiercely, trying to show how hard he was. The feet he stamped became numb and his eyesight turned black.
Shi Hao rolled out of the palace, still in shock.
However, as soon as he left the palace, he was greeted by a group of inexplicably angry officials. They surrounded Shi Hao and asked questions. They cursed and spat on him, making Shi Hao like a rat crossing the street.
After finally returning to the Privy Council, Shi Hao staggered and asked his subordinates in the Privy Council who were also in shock to quickly go out and investigate what was going on, what happened on the front line, what happened to Qi Fang, and what happened to the army.
Why was he suddenly defeated?
Shi Hao didn't know, and neither did the Privy Council staff.
However, only a day and a half later, an even more frightening news reached Lin'an through less formal channels.
The communicators were a group of country officials who escaped from the route of the peasant army and fled toward Lin'an City, which they considered the safest place.
They rushed into Lin'an in terror, shouting at the top of their lungs such as "The bandit army is coming", "The bandit army is coming to An'an" and so on, which frightened the entire residents of Lin'an City.
This is great.
